Shoe-collar.



F. R. DONISTHORPE & A. COLTMAN.

SHOE COLLAR.

APPLIQATION man JULY 5,19us.

Patented June 12, 191?.

LQQQ QLEB b M b5 5 E "uni ens Parana oiriricn FREDERICK RUSSELL DON ISTHORPE AND ALFRED COLTMAN, OF COUNTY OF LEICESTER,

ENGLAND. 4 I

SHOE-COLLAR.

Application filed July 5, 1916. Serial No. 107,68a.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK RUSSELL DoNisrnoRrc, residing at Enderby Hall, in the county of Leicester, spinner, and ALFRED CoL'rMAN, residing at No. 128 Barclay street, in the county borough of Leicester,

Our invention has reference to an inn provement 1n and relating to shoe collars which are made to turn over to a length suflicient to extend substantially around the counter portion of a shoe and extend a substantial distance above the upper edge there of, and are adapted to be attached to the rear portion of a shoe by suitable fastening means providing an adjunct thereto serves as a back support, and is adapted to keep the shoe'from slipping at the heel, and in a measure to prevent the heel of the stocking wearing through by chafing or rubbing against the lining of a too-loosely fitting heel, and also forms a non-slipping support for persons with weak ankles.

\ We attain these objects by the means illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in

which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear part of a shoe having one form of our collar attached thereto.

Figs. 2 and 3 are views similar to. Fig. 1 showing modifications of the construction shown therein.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing ahother modification of the collar shown in Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating the means for attaching the collar shown in Fig. 1 to the shoe.

The article or device takes the form of either a military stand up, or a turn down over lay on collar produced, from a variety of difi'erent kinds and patterns of fashionable ornamental fabrics or material some of which are given in or by the following examples. I

In carrying out our invention we take a sheet or sheets, roll or piece of any colored corded or striped silk fabric and, after laying it out place thereon a preferably zinc Specification of Letters Patent. PM;

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collar pattern and cut round and so produce the shape or configurationdesired, and repeat with the leather-lining.

The shoe collars shown Figs. 1, 3 and 5 have pointed ends adaptcd to lie to the sides of the shoe and th which are attached tassels or balls 0 or other fancy ornaments secured either on the outer face, or as shown between the outer face and lining and under the in sertion which may take the form of frilling, cording, piping or edging and sewn all around within the inturned edges ofthe leather lining and outside fabric of the col- .lar which when finished is capable of being attached to the shoe by press studs or buttons a, as in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5 or be sewn between the heel lining, heel counter and upper or back quarter of the shoe as in Fig. 3 of the drawings above referred to.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 5' the military stand up collar B is made to stand up well above the top edge of the shoe and is attachable, to the inner rear part of the shoe A by the press studs (5 well known as placquet' or glovefasteners, the female members of which are secured to the inside lining 72 Fig. 5 of the shoe upper A and the male members of which are secured to .the lining side of the collar B as shown in the detailed view Fig. 5, which also shows a tab D for securing the back of the collar to the shoe- Between the inturned edges of the outerfabric and leather lining b as before stated is sewn the insertion consisting of frilling, piping, cording or edging b, at b the inner lining b not being seen in Fig. 1.

lhe other collar of the military stand up type is illustrated in Fig. 3 which construction is the same as Fig. 1, but instead of the collar being attached to the shoe by studs or buttons it is sewn at a between and with the shoe lining andupper and as it will be observed lies well over and clings against the outer sides of the heel portion of the shoe A the pointed ends which carry the ornamentalfbands C being well over and lie close to the sides of the low cut shoe A In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the lay on or turned down collar B is composed of an outer face of striped or corded silk fabric and lining b sewn together, the round ed corners or ends a having therein a button hole to receive the stud or button a secured on either side of the shoe. The term flay on used by us is to denote the difierence "between this type of collar and the military stand up type shown in the other figures.

. In the construction shown in Fig. 1- the shoe collar B is of another stand up type, the upper turn over part a being of plain bright material, and the other part a is composed of striped material to form an attractive and salable contrast, this is secured by another kind of stud a to the shoe as will be well understood.

Th'ovarious patterns of shoe collar are all faced with a fancy striped, checked or other ornamental patterned silk, velvet, Velveteen moire, or other colored fabric.

.It may be here remarked that either the stand up or turned down shoe collar may be made of celluloid, rubber and its compounds of compositions Without departing from the spirit of this invention which does not relate to moccasin slipper shoes.

, We are aware that moccasin slipper shoes have been provided with turn over leather cuffs and rearward projecting tongues tied at the front by bows and sewn to a slipper shoe. also that hunting and other top boots have been provided with turn over bands, and that low cut shoes have had elastic insertions or gussets let in the heel portion of a shoe but We do not claim any of these.

We claim:

A turnover shoe collar of a length suffibe attached to the rear portion of a shoe by.

suitable fastening means and to extend a substantial distance above the upper edge of the shoe.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK RUSSEI hQONISTHORPE. ALFRED comma.

\Vitnesses:

JonN VVoonn-m, ARTHUR Ronnn'r SMITH. 

